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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

Myspace: “A place for friends” (2003) Friendster rival Myspace (originally styled as MySpace) quickly became the go-to site for millions of hip teens. 2005 marked the apex of Myspace. 2005 marked the apex of Myspace. The Facebook” followed in 2004. Also, timesucks like #SundayFunday and # Susanalbumparty.

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Jake's Take: Facebook Hits The Big 5-0-0

Firebelly

Mark Zuckerburg launched Facebook in 2004 for his friendsand classmates at Harvard University, then continued to branch it out to otherschools. Nobody expected it to even overtake social-networking giant MySpace,as it did in 2008, and eventually have more users than the USA has citizens. So how did this happen?

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Technology for Small Business

Buzz Marketing for Technology

From building business to getting a straight answer, social networking sites offer up a wide-ranging community. So he turned to LinkedIn, an online social-networking service that ? Social networking sites have other features businesses can use. Where to network. Marketplace. Classifieds. Real Estate.

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Top 10 Powerful Moments That Shaped Social Media History Over the Last 20 Years

Buffer Social

Do you remember your first social media profile? Or, how about your first social media post? My first profile was on Myspace , my first friend was “Tom from Myspace,” and my first post was something like, “Myspace is awesome!” ” The rest is history. For example, after a 7.0

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A Brief History of Social Media [Infographic]

Oktopost

In 2003, Myspace launched and took off across the web. The very same year, surprisingly, LinkedIn launched as a professional networking and job posting site. While younger people were agonizing over their top 8 on Myspace, LinkedIn slowly grew, acquiring just 20 signups per day.

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Best Social Media Stats and Market Research of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

Data junkies, stats addicts, web trivia buffs rejoice — here are a deluge of social media, search and other marketing research facts and figures from 50 articles and blog posts published so far in 2010. Which social networking site is used by 92% of senior marketing executives? While 28% of U.S.

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Best Social Media and Digitial Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 1

Webbiquity SMM

Minneapolis is 4th-Most Socially Networked City by Twin Cities Business Congrats to my fellow Minneapolitans! The city ranked fourth on Men’s Health magazine’s just-released list of the ‘ most socially networked cities.’ ” At least something is bipartisan. .” Is a Blog Still Important in 2011?